Improvement in iron pence-post



n' rw time WILL-IAM MERRELLpoF KENT, OHIO.`

Letters Patent No. 83,985, dated November 10, 1868.

:Innover/:ENT IN IRoN FENcEfPosT;

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent andmaln'ng parl: of the same.

To all whom it may concern v I i Be it known that L'WILLIAM MERRELL, of Kent,

in the county of Portage, 'and-State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Iron=Eenoe-Post; and I 'do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact' description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a pait of this specification, in which-` Figure 1 is a front View of my invention.

Figure 2 is aside View of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate-corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish a fencepost which is simple, durable, cheap, and eieient.

It consists of a flat metallic fence-post, usually of g iron, and provided withv groups of studs for receiving and holding the planks or horizontal parts of the frame. The post, A, is of 'cast-iron, and is provided with the groups of studs, a a. a a a, live' or more, arranged as shown, and. within which studs the ends of the wooden planks or boards, B, t with snug contact.

the purpose set forth.

The proximate ends of the planks are further secured by nails driven obliquely through both planks, as shown, the said nails passing through holes previously formed in the post, or cast in 'the same when the posts are made.

The base ofthe post is pointed, formed with lateral wings, O C, for the purpose of conferring more stability to the same when in the ground. l

I donot wish to claim specially forming wings on the lower portion of a metallic fence-post, as I am aware that this is not new, H. T. Deweys patent, of May l0, 1859, embodying such construction; but having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The fence-post A, formed with groups of studs, a a a a a, holes o, and wings C, all substantially as and for WILLIAM MERRELL. Witnesses:

MILo SHORTS, D. L. RocKwnLL. 

